Capital Athletic Conference Adds Penn State-Harrisburg; The Lions Join CNU & SVU As New Full Members In 2013-14

Jul 26, 2012

The Presidents Council of the Capital Athletic
Conference (CAC) proudly announced the addition of Penn State
Harrisburg as a full member of the conference, beginning July 1,
2013. Penn State Harrisburg is the third institution, along with
Christopher Newport University and Southern Virginia University, to
join the CAC for the 2013-14 academic year.

"We are pleased to welcome Penn State Harrisburg to
the Capital Athletic Conference, and look forward to competing with
their teams in the broad range of sports represented in the CAC,"
said Dr. George Waldner, President of York College of Pa. and Chair
of the CAC Presidents Council.

The CAC will have seven full member institutions in
the 2012-13 academic year - Frostburg State (Md.) University,
Marymount (Va.) University, the University of Mary Washington
(Va.), Salisbury (Md.) University, St. Mary’s College of Md.,
Wesley College (Del.) and York College of Pa. The additions of
Christopher Newport, Penn State Harrisburg and Southern
Virginia will increase membership to 10 institutions for
2013-14.

Christopher Newport and Penn State Harrisburg will be
immediately eligible for conference championships and NCAA Division
III Tournament opportunities. Southern Virginia, which is entering
its first year as an NCAA Division III provisional member in
2012-13, will become eligible to compete in CAC playoffs during its
third year of the four-year provisional membership process
(2014-15) - one year after joining the conference.

"The Capital Athletic Conference has now added three
solid academic and athletic institutions to its membership,
beginning in 2013-14," said Commissioner Tom Byrnes.

"Christopher Newport’s athletic program has been
dominant regionally and nationally for years and will challenge for
CAC championships from Day One. Penn State Harrisburg and Southern
Virginia are developing NCAA Division III programs and will
surprise many with their competitiveness and success. The CAC is
already a strong conference, and these three new members will make
it even stronger," Byrnes said.

Penn State Harrisburg became a full member of NCAA
Division III in 2010 and is currently a member of the NorthEast
Athletic Conference (NEAC). The Lions, who sponsor 12 varsity
sports but have plans to add more in the next few years, have
finished second in the NEAC’s Commissioner’s Cup in
each of the past two seasons.

The Capital Athletic Conference, which recently
completed its 22nd championship season as an all-sports conference,
is a coalition of four-year, co-educational institutions promoting
intercollegiate athletic competition among schools located in close
geographic proximity that have similar educational and athletic
philosophies.

The CAC strives to develop a harmony of good feeling
and a spirit of competitive sportsmanship, fellowship, and
uniformity of practice among member institutions. Conference
members are required to operate their intercollegiate athletic
programs under the highest ethical standards and to maintain a
program consistent with the overall educational philosophy of the
member institutions.